Environment minister Jane Davidson underlined the importance of renewable energy during a visit to Pembrokeshire’s first wind farm.
Ms Davidson met with representatives of Infinergy on the site of its Castle Pill Wind Farm at Steynton last week.
Infinergy, which develops onshore wind farms in the UK, has set up its Wales office in the Technium building at Cleddau Reach, and opened the Castle Pill Wind Farm in June.
During the visit, Ms Davidson met Infinergy managing director Esbjorn Wilmar, and Lorraine Dallmeier, the company’s senior project manager in Pembrokeshire.
Ms Davidson said: “The development of cleaner energy sources is fundamental to climate change mitigation and realising our vision of a more sustainable Wales.
“The Assembly strongly supports the expansion of diverse sources of renewable power generation in Wales.”
The Castle Pill development consists of four turbines — an existing turbine relocated from the site it had occupied since 2004, and three new super-quiet, direct-drive models, which have the capacity to power more than 1,700 homes every year.
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